Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-19

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the recompense Of his crimes. This would |
not only be futile, but usufpstiOn Of
powers belonging to Deity alone. 1t is
not administered for vengeance, but for
the prime object of the prevention OF
crime, and the incidental object Of indi- |
vidual reformation. The most general
and potent cause of crime is the result of
neglected and miseduCated childhood;
anc as this instruction of faculty is
amensble to discipline, and Is easily mod
flied bs altered surroundings and judic
ious training which will show the disad-
vantages of criminal life when weighed
against the advantages Of liberty and good
repute.
We, therefore, neglect our plsin duty,
so long as we fail to establish suitsble in
dustrial schools or reformatory institu-
lions where they may DE taught respect
for law and order, the necessity for VIZ
tuous principles, and to look toward to
labor of some kind as their ultimate duty
and privilege, while filling the weightier
| duties VI Clt!bcnsulp WIN d p1tlIOllO VIC
votion to the land in which they live.
The right to live, to own and possess
property and to exercise the civil and
political franchises are the dearest inter-
ests OF mankind; and it is the highest
duty Of government to provide means to
protect and secure every citizen in the
undisturbed enjoyment of these rights.
In every government allowing express
sion of opion by vote there have always
been differences and sentiment, giving
rise to political parties having the dis
position of the hOnors of office and at
tendant revenues. And in our country
the results rest upon the decision of the
majority, legally ascertaiue6 and an
nounced as the will of the people, ex
pressed under legal forms and where all
the citizens are of equal value. There
should be, therefore, no loss OF faith IN
the ballot as the invaluable oracle of the
public will, and the sovereign arbiter OF
political disputes, which would, in the
end, result in the withdrawal of the re-
spect due, and cheerfully accorded, by
the people to their chosen rulers, ruin
Gus to domestic content sud the
permanence of our institutions. For, at
ter all, their permanency is measured
only by the heighth and depth of the love
ana loyalty the true citizen bears the
government
So Jealous have been our lawmakers of
tue sancity Of this right of the people to
have their will expressed at the polls
without bias, and unswed by anybody,
and afterwards have that verdict leglti
mstely ascertained by an honest count,
that there has been manifest reluctance
on their part to amend our present cleo
ton laws by the adoption OF such innoVa-
tions as would place them more in con-
sonance with the advanced progress and
thought attaining in other states. It is
well-recognized fact, however, that cur
laws slow delay has proved prolific
source of annoyance to the people; and
there seems to be q p pular demand that
The eagerly anticipated answer, in the
flnal decision of our political contests,
shall more speedily emerge from doubt
into sscertained certainty, and there ap-
pears no good reason why we should hes
| itGte longer to conform our laws in this
respect to those of other states, which
have stood the test Of experience and are
eminently just and satisfactory.
While the enactment of penal laws is
. necessary and Indispensable TO queli dis
: orders, detect, convict and punish those
!
society, a wise @overnm- Mt will do ali those
lust things 20 remove what any portion
of its citizens properly deem to be griev-
ances, for such action is quite as import
an: as repres,iye measures. II you want
people to be orderly, give them gov
eminent under which the humblest citi-
zen is not beneath the protection of the
laws, or the highest above the reach Of
their authority.
Where there is found just cause of
: complaint, We should, without DELAY, in
, quire into the nature and extent of the
: evil, and thoughtfully and wisely consider
and apply the best and most practicable
meas of removing or lessening il.
The bill of rights declares in unequivo-
cal language that "perpetuities and
. monopolies are contrary to the genius OF
free government, and shall never be al
lowed" And vet, cur state has created,
and is each year strengthening, system
of corporate power, relieved of ali per-
sonal responsibility, and clothed
with exclusive rights, powers and
privileges in perpetuity; and it is
apparent that influences vast and poten-
tiRl are at work to reduce the whole car
I rying trade Of the country into q single
: monopoly and management, no matter
how oppressive, and no matter how wide
a spread the ruin end disaster it may bring
to other industrial interests OF equal, il
not of paramount Importance to the peo-
y pie at large.
If this right be acknowledged and per.
+ petuated, the great body of the citizens
!, will have fastened upon them bondage,
q compared with which the bondage OF
= Israel in Egypt was tender mercy.
;, These corporations were created by the
e people, in their legislative capacity, tc
e meet an overwhelming need in bringing
out the dermant wealth Of the state and
e to supply its instant and pressing necessi'
2 ties; and 1t is not to be wondered at that
E they were extended extraordinary encour
agement and facilities, nor is it strange
3 that these privileges should have been &C.
: companied with enormous land grants
under state provisions. And while We
proclsim our unqualified appreciation OF
: every policy, recognizing their Importance